[OpenWrt-Users] AR7 status (wrt DG834Gv3 particularly, WAG354G too)

[Marco Simioni]

Sorry guys, the model is DG834Gv3, as the thread says, and not the
DG834v3, as i wrote, sorry for the typo.

2007/8/21, Marco Simioni <m.simioni at gmail.com>:
> I already built a jtag connector. I downloaded all the flash content
> BEFORE bricking the device, and restored it after the disaster, so now
> the device is working perfectly.
> Btw thank you ;)
>
> I think that this d-link tool depend on the bootloader that your device uses.
> If i remember correctly, the dg834v3 has a modified adam2 bootloader,
> with the tftp and ftp support disabled, so you can't recover the
> device via ftp/tftp, like you would with the original adam2 boot
> loader.
>
> 2007/8/21, Georg Lippold <georg.lippold at gmx.de>:
> > For the bricked device, you may want to give the DSL-G604T AU firmware a
> > try:
> >
> > > http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/Download/download.aspx?product=DSL-G604T&revision=REV_B&filetype=Firmware
> >
> > direct link:
> >
> > > ftp://files.dlink.com.au/products/DSL-G604T/REV_B/Firmware//Firmware_V2.00B12.AU_20070509_EXE/DSL-G604T_V2.00B12.AU_20070509.exe
> >
> > It has a recovery mode for bricked AR7 devices (at least for those from
> > D-Link, but as it is all AR7, you might be lucky ;) ). If it works, you
> > can flash the correct firmware again via web interface.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > George
> >
> > On 2007-08-21 20:19, Marco Simioni wrote:
> > > Don't know if it can be useful,
> > > but some time ago i tried to replace the DG834v3 firmware with
> > > openwrt, without success.
> > > I was able to upload the firmware image via web interface, but i
> > > bricked the item. If i can remember correctly, i was able to upload
> > > openwrt on a DG834v2 without problems.
> > >
> > > So i decided to recompile the original open source kernel for v3, wich
> > > is a linux-2.4.17_mvl21, with the correct toolchain, and i was able to
> > > build and upload a custom "firmware".
> > >
> > > If you have questions, try to ask, i'll try to restore the old informations.
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > > aNt1X
> > >
> > > 2007/8/21, Georg Lippold <georg.lippold at gmx.de>:
> > >> Hi Benoît,
> > >>
> > >> could you please post your two kernel configs for 2.6 (possibly gziped)?
> > >> I would like to give them a try.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks & Regards,
> > >>
> > >> George
> > >>
> > >> On 2007-08-21 19:33, Benoît GANNE wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>>> I've tried this morning to compile OpenWRT from revision 8440 of SVN,
> > >>>> but my WAG354G still blinks. I'm currently trying to compile a smaller
> > >>>> kernel, but haven't found many options to disable, so I doubt this will
> > >>>> help a lot.
> > >>> I have an ADSL2MUE (AR7-based) and it only accepts kernel images with
> > >>> size <= 512KB.
> > >>> I was able to strip down the 2.6 to this size (and below), but you have
> > >>> to disable (or configure in modules) everything not critical for the boot.
> > >>> And you will have to choose between printk() and TCP/IP support...
> > >>> To verify the size of your kernel, juste check the size of the file
> > >>> build_dir/linux-2.6-ar7/loader.bin, it must be <= 512KB.
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